Atsuita karaori (Noh Costume)

Curatorial Overview

“Atsuita karaori (Noh Costume) is an internationally celebrated Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, plain weave; dyed with safflower, beni created by Japan (late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/25). From the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago.”